Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Children at Work (1973)

Children at Work poster
Original title
Páistí ag Obair
Directed by
Louis Marcus
Genre
documentary film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
10 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary looks at children in Ireland who help out with different kinds of work. It shows their daily tasks in a straightforward way without dramatic commentary.

observationalearnesteducationalquietly poignantmatter-of-factnostalgicportrait-like

What happens

Children at Work (Irish: Páistí ag obair) is a 1973 Irish short documentary film produced by Louis Marcus. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?